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I remember that op-ed very well. the idea was before they get to a preliminary stage where they perhaps get something into space that could be a precursor, just blow it up on the launch pad. the amount that can go wrong when you do that is tremendous, and youre not gambling with american lives, youre gambling with south korean and japanese lives if something goes wrong there. >> heres what im hearing and learning in real time, which is fascinating, the way we think about what changed in the equa...

A satellite in orbit, theyd have to leave it on the launch pad probably ten days as they fueled it up. they simply dont have the capability, theyre too vulnerable, but they do have medium and long-range missiles with a range of about 1,300 miles the longest ones and that does put guam and japan within range, those missiles work and there are concerns over that, the concerns are over the more low level things they could do, the cyber attacks like we saw in the banks, the incident like the "cheona...

20 years turned into a launch pad for missiles and terror attacks on us about certainly i can tell you that i do not want war. ive served in wars. ive lost friends in wars. more than many others. so there are nothing israel and myself seek more than having peace with the arabs but not at the risk or in fact of the almost certainty of risking my childrens lives. >> naftali, the justice minister told our jessica yellin that it is clear in israel that syria has used chemical weapons. obviously the ...

Serious. i just dont believe it is. north korea is still years away from the ability to field a missile with a nuclear warhead that could hit the united states. >> you just heard chris lawrence report they dont think the new missile defense system would be in place until 2017. would the north koreans have a missile capability with a nuclear warhead ready for use against potentially the united states by 2017? >> highly unlikely. theyve been making fits and starts in this in their missile technolo...

Too. >> this has been a big week. we have white smoke from the t vatican and a budget from the senate. i want to bring in "washington post" editor and new york times editor. we have seen donald trump and, mitch mcconnell, kelly ayotte, and paul ryan and wayne lapierre, and we have everybody in there, right? is that a time for the conservatives to look forward to a launch pad going toward 2016 or a time to bash the president, and first is kelly ayotte spoke and mentioned benghazi. >> well, it is ...

It was only a few short months ago that we watched nasa space shuttles head to museums, grounded. it seems like thoughts about manki mankinds trek into space were put aside for a while. but quickly, testing rockets, some have been delivering supplies to the international space station. just last weekend we talked to a couple who may be the first to slingshot around the red planet as part of the inspiration mars product. incredible. unquestionably, one of the guys out in front is space-xceo elan ...

Launch a spacecraft out to the earths atmosphere and flip around, sprout landing gear and return intact on the launch pad. it could make space launches 100 times cheaper. must also hint at commercial launch sites for rockets like these, which could begin construction as early as next year, incredible. im don lemon, thanks for watching, good night. good evening. im dr. sanjay gupta. up next, cnn films presents "escape fire: the fight to rescue american health care." stay tuned. afterwards, were...

Drag racing is clearly a dangerous sport, but thats all part of the attraction. >> any time you stick 3,500 horsepower in a suspended door car, its going to add a little more danger, a little excitement, a little fun. anything thats fun and exciting, its going to be dangerous. you cant hardly walk to the store without having a little bit of danger. coming up, a truck ramp turns into a launch pad. >> cant imagine id ever get anything like this on tape, again. >> when "caught on camera: heart st...

>> the driver, tommy adams, returned to racing. he died in 2011 from an illness unrelated to the accident. drag racing is clearly a dangerous sport, but thats all part of the attraction. >> any time you stick 3,500 horsepower in a suspended door car it will add a little more excitement and a little bit of fun. anything thats fun and exciting, its going to be dangerous. you cant hardly walk to the store without having a little bit of danger. coming up, a truck ramp turns into a launch pad. >> c...

>> anticipating a joyful homecoming of our crew, we were jolted in the viewing area into a nightmarish stroll of fear, uncertainty and horror. that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children a...